Han ride

Chapter 177 Lou Dong and Zhang Cai
"Attention everyone, whoever has weapons in the city, no matter where they come from, must go to the city wall to fight the enemy, and those who violate it will be punished as collusion with the enemy." Run out there.Obviously, these Jiangyin county cities are relatively small, and there are not many soldiers and horses, but only a few hundred people. How can they be Gu Sanmazi's opponent.However, Jiangyin City is an important traffic route, and there are many business travelers coming and going. Which of these business travelers does not have three or five guards, and there are dozens of people, even hundreds of people.So the county magistrate also issued an order, ordering all the merchants in the city to summon these guards to go up the city wall together to defend against Gu Sanmazi.

"My lord, do we want to go?" Zhang Wu was a little nervous. A group of them were dressed in strong clothes and held all kinds of weapons. They could be seen as guards at a glance. They had to go according to the order, but once they went, they would may be found.These people like myself are young, but Li Xin is different.But it is impossible not to go.

"Go, why don't you go, I want to meet this Gu Sanmazi." Li Xin said indifferently.In the south of the Yangtze River, in Jiangyin, there are only a few hundred people. Where is the opponent of Li Xin's cavalry? More importantly, this is Jiangyin, which is very close to Wusongkou. , As for what kind of reaction the court will have, it is not something Li Xin considers.

"It's really abominable to be such a thief." At this moment, a cold snort came over, and Li Xin looked over, but saw a middle-aged man scolding at the corner of the restaurant, and beside him was a beautiful woman. , as if to comfort something.Beside the husband and wife, there is a man and a woman standing with hands down, dressed as servants.

"Come on, let's go and have a look." The middle-aged scholar suddenly stood up and said coldly.

"My lord, you are an official in office. You are far away from the jurisdiction and have come to the south of the Yangtze River. Once the court finds out, you will probably be impeached."

"So what? Now the pirates are outside the city. Although I am not the county magistrate of Jiangyin, I am an official of the imperial court. How can I ignore this matter? Even if someone joins me in the future, I don't care." The middle-aged man What he said was righteous, and even Li Xin, a guy who didn't like officials in the late Ming Dynasty, couldn't help but nodded. From this sentence, it can be seen that the middle-aged man in front of him is a responsible person, and he doesn't know if he is What is the origin, and I don’t know if I can leave my name in history. Thinking about the land of China, how big the place is, and how many characters there are, but not everyone will leave their name in the history books.In the last years of the Ming Dynasty, there were so many corrupt officials, but there were also good officials. It was not as good as Yan Yingyuan, who was a Jiangyin pundit soon after. 24 righteous people faced 81 Qing army cavalry and more than 5000 heavy artillery, and they were trapped in the isolated city for [-] days, causing the Qing army to lose three kings and eighteen generals, and [-] people died.Therefore, Megatron Huaxia is Li Xin, who is almost forgotten in history, and also remembers the character Yan Yingyuan.

"Madam wait here for the time being, I will wait for the next official to take a look." The middle-aged man glanced at his wife, finally sighed, and said: "Xiao Tao, you stay here with Madam, I will come when I go out." The war is dangerous , naturally there is no need for a woman to go to the battlefield.

"Haha, my lord, if you don't dislike us as ordinary people, you can wait with me." Seeing this person's appearance, Li Xin also wanted to make friends with this person, so he cupped his hands and said.

"Don't dare to be, don't dare to be, I don't know how to call the young master, I'm going to Zhang Cai." The middle-aged man cupped his hands towards Li Xin, and a trace of vigilance flashed in his eyes.

"Zhang Cai? But Zhang Cai from Lou Dong's second picture?" Before Li Xin could answer, Xiao Yu looked at Zhang Cai in surprise and said.

"Don't dare, dare not." There was no pride on Zhang Cai's face, but he cupped his hands towards Xiao Yu and said, "I dare not praise you for a little reputation."

"It turns out that Mister is Mr. Zhang Cai from Loudong Erzhang. My junior Xuanfu Muzixin, I have met Mr.." Li Xin didn't know who Zhang Cai was, but he didn't hinder him from speaking, and his expression was extremely respectful, as if he was genuine. I really admire Zhang Cai.

"Xuan Mansion?" Zhang Cai glanced at Li Xin, nodded at last, and said, "I didn't expect you to come from Xuan Mansion. I don't know that you are not far away. What's the matter when you come to Jiangnan?"

"Oh, there are still some businesses in the family, so coming to Jiangnan to check out the shops is also considered a study tour!" Li Xin opened his mouth and started talking nonsense, plus the top is like a crown jade, and he is extremely handsome.He looked like he was from a big family, surrounded by beautiful concubines, and dozens of powerful guards, which was in line with the appearance of a child from a big family.Although Zhang Cai was a little skeptical, he didn't care too much at the moment, and nodded to Li Xin.

"Yu'er, you are here to accompany Mrs. Zhang. Master Zhang and I will go to the city wall to have a look." Li Xin instructed Xiao Yu, "I am a majestic Huaxia, a rich land in the south of the Yangtze River. It is really audacious to have pirates come to offend me." Li Xin had an angry look on his face.

"The young master is really a hero among men, and Zhang Cai admires him." Zhang Cai's eyes lit up, and he gave Li Xin a high hat without hesitation, but Li Xin smiled wryly. When knowing is Li Xin, God knows what will happen.

"Mr. Zhang, why don't we go to the top of the city right now and see what kind of guts this Gu Sanmazi has to attack the city." Li Xin was also curious. , It is really surprising that he dared to make an idea of ​​Jiangyin City.

"Hey, this official knows a little bit." Zhang Cai sighed: "The Nanjing military department has been mobilizing soldiers and horses everywhere these days, so it has mobilized all the soldiers and horses in Jiangyin City. Gu Sanmazi must have known about it, so I have the courage Attacked Jiangyin. And at this time, there are not many officials in Jiangyin City, even the county magistrate has gone to Nanjing."

"Oh! It turns out that the dragons have no leader." Li Xin also couldn't laugh or cry. He didn't expect that the reason why Gu Sanmazi attacked Jiangyin City was because of himself. It must be difficult for Nanjing soldiers and horses to find his traces, so they mobilized soldiers and horses from various places. , in order to find their own traces, this Jiangyin City is the same.Even the county magistrate led troops out in person. No wonder there were no soldiers in the city, and merchant brigades were recruited everywhere to guard them.

"By the way, my son is from the Xuanfu. I don't know if I know General Li Xin?" The two rode on horseback, and Zhang Cai swept dozens of guards around Li Xin. A flash of surprise flashed in his eyes, as if he thought of General Li Xin again. what, asked curiously.

"I know." Li Xin showed a strange look on his face, but he still nodded and said.He could see that Zhang Cai was different from other people. When others asked about Li Xin, they just called him by his first name, with a hint of contempt in his words, but Zhang Cai was different. It's all the same, that's respect, or he has a good impression of Li Xin, but Li Xin believes in the latter.

"I don't know what your son's impression is of General Li Xin?" Zhang Cai asked again.

"What do you think, my lord?" Li Xin didn't answer, but asked with a smile.

"Only hear his name, but don't see his name, how do you know?" Zhang Cai shook his head unexpectedly, and said, "However, watching his actions, I agree with him a little bit. I really want to meet this person."

"Your Excellency, it seems that you only brought Madam with you this time?" Li Xin rolled his eyes and said suddenly.

"The dog is still in Linchuan." Zhang Cai nodded.

"Oh." Li Xin nodded, and suddenly recruited a guard beside him, said a few words softly, the guard quickly turned around and ran away, and soon disappeared in front of everyone, although Zhang Cai was surprised, but also Not on other people's minds.

"Here we are." Zhang Wu said, pointing to the distance.Li Xin looked around, but saw that many young and strong people had gathered on the top of Jiangyin city.Jiangyin is in the hinterland of Ming Dynasty, and Ming Dynasty's armaments have been slack in recent years, especially in the south of the Yangtze River, so Jiangyin city is small and dilapidated, if Gu Sanmazi was from a pirate, it might have been breached long ago.But even so, the Flang cannon on Gu Sanmazi's ship could still pose a threat to Jiangyin City.

"Master Zhang, do you need to sign up?" Li Xin looked at Zhang Cai curiously. This person is the county magistrate of Linchuan. He came to Jiangyin privately without the order of Shangfeng at this moment, which is not allowed according to the imperial court system.If you sign up here, you can stabilize Jiangyin's hearts, but you will also be impeached, and you will definitely be dismissed from office.It may be that if you don't sign up, if you are an ordinary person, you may be attacked by Gu Sanmazi in this city of Jiangyin without a leader.

"Then trouble Mr. Mu." Zhang Cai also understood the serious relationship in an instant, and after thinking about it, he bowed his hands to Li Xin.

"Zhang Wu, sign up, just say that Zhang Cai, the prefect of Linchuan County and Loudong, has arrived." Li Xin's affection for Zhang Cai increased in an instant. This is a person who is for the people and does not even care about himself. The talented person is what Li Xin wants.

Sure enough, as Zhang Wu yelled, the Jiangyin gentry on the city wall were first stunned, then ecstatic, and then saw a group of people walking on the city wall.

The leaders are several elders, apparently elders in Jiangyin city, but actually well-known local gentry. These people's ancestors are now famous or have a high reputation, so they will be elected as elders. At that time, even the county magistrate did not dare to offend these people.After these people met Zhang Cai, Li Xin knew that the elders in the head were He Mao, Xing Qu, Zhou Shun, Xing Ji, Yang Fang, Xue Yong, Yang Qi, Ji Mao, Xin Rong and so on.

These people are very respectful to Zhang Cai, on the one hand, because Zhang Cai's identity is the county magistrate of the imperial court, whether it is Linchuan or Jiangyin, he is a parent official, especially in such a crisis, it can also calm the hearts of the people. It turned out that he was Lou Dong Erzhang's identity. In the Jiangnan area, who doesn't know Lou Dong Erzhang.

(End of this chapter)